| 41. | Workers have increasingly complained that real wages have been falling.
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| 42. | But the reforms had a price _ a 15 percent cut in real wages.
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| 43. | Though wages rose by 12 percent, inflation shaved real wage growth to three percent.
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| 44. | High school dropouts have seen big declines in real wages.
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| 45. | It cannot be right that share prices are rising while real wages are flat.
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| 46. | It cannot be right that share prices are rising while real wages are flat,
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| 47. | With inflation of only 8 . 6 percent, real wages grew by 12 percent,
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| 48. | Real wage growth was not up 3 percent last year like it is now,
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| 49. | Real wages and business investment fell by about 20 %.
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| 50. | The unions are demanding compensation for losses in real wages over the last two years.
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